Fence stay or brace



(No Model.)

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Patented Apr.3,1883,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM \V. WORCESTER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FENCE STAY OR BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,007, dated April 3, 1883.

Application filed February 21, 188; (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WoRoEs- TEE, of the city of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Fence Stay or Brace, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the spech fication, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmy invention detached; Fig. 2, a front elevation of a fence provided with my improvement, and Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section through the fence, with myimprovement shown in elevation.

My invention relates to an improvement. in stays or braces for wire fences; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A A represent two posts of any suitable shape or material, to which are attached in any manner the wires B,which may be barbed or otherwise, as desired.

U represents a bent or spiral wire, preferably having a coil, 0, at one or both ends, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1.

D is a straight Wire having one end bent, as shown in Fig. 1; but this bend may be dispensed with.

This improvement is applied as follows: The spiralwire is placed in a vertical position against the horizontal wires B and in close contact therewith. The straight wire is then passed through the upper coil, c, of the spiral coil, and down toward and through the lower coil, 0, on the sides of the horizontal wires, op posite to those touched by the spiral wires. The bend at the top of said straight wire may hang down over the top horizontal wire, and

may, if preferred, be bent under it to prevent its abstract-ion by mischievous or evilly-disposed persons; or the wire may be fastened in position in any suitable n1anner-=-such, for instance, as bending its lower end. By this arran gement a very cheap and simple, yet strong and substantial, brace or stayis formed that will securely hold and brace the horizontal wires of a fence, makingit much stronger and less liable to sag or give way. Itcan be made and'kept in store by hardware-deaiers, and readily applied to any fences, either new or those already in position, by any ordinary laborer.

I am aware of the Patents Nos. 70,946,

109,858, 188,816, and 232,250, which BilOW various forms of staying and bracing the wires of fences, 820., and make no claim to anything shown therein.

What I claim as new isr r 1. The combination, with the horizontal wires of a fence, of two stiit' bracing wires, one being curved substantially as shown, and the other straight, the two being applied to the fence by the straight wire passing through the bends of the curved wire, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with the horizontal wires of afcnce, of two stiff bracing-wires, one bent spirally and coiled at the end-and the other passed through the bends of the bent wire to fasten the horizontal wires in the bends of said bent wire, substantially as described.

WM. IV. VVORCESTEIL,

Witnesses:

T. P. GARorHERs, WILL. M. SHAW. 

